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RG Kar rape-murder case: Former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh remanded in 14-day judicial custody
Updated On: 14 August, 2026 08:36 PM IST | Kolkata | mid-day online correspondent
Ghosh is accused of being one of three principal masterminds behind the hurried cremation of the victim’s body at a crematorium in Panihati. The prosecution alleges that cremation-related protocols were breached to eliminate the possibility of a second post-mortem

Trinamool Congress legislator Nirmal Ghosh. Pic/ X
A district court on Friday remanded former Trinamool Congress legislator Nirmal Ghosh in 14 days of judicial custody in connection with his alleged involvement in the larger conspiracy surrounding the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August 2024.
Ghosh accused of facilitating hurried cremation
Ghosh is accused of being one of three principal masterminds behind the hurried cremation of the victim’s body at a crematorium in Panihati.




